Portable range



Patented June 10 W. P. LEWIS.

PORTABLE RANGE.

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\VILLIAM P. LE\VIS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVAXIA.

PORTABLE RANGE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,273, dated June 10,1884.

Application filed November Ti, 1883.

2'0 it whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered a new and useful Improvementin Portable Ranges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, concise, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich-dike letters indicating like parts- Figure 1 is a top or plan viewof a stove or portable range, a portion of the top plate being brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a a: of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 areside and end viewsof the detachable fine-box and pipe-collar. Fig. showsside and edge views of the deflecting-plate. Fig. 6 shows side andsectional views of the stopper-plate.

My invention relates to that class of stoves which are known to thetrade as portable ranges. The portable range differs from the ordinarycoolestove in that when in use it is placed sidewise on the hearth, and,as it has but one oven-door, it is made right and left handed, so as toconform to'the arrangement of the water-pipes, sink, &c., in thekitchen; and it further differs from the cook-stove in having theflue-box and pipe-collar arranged at the side opposite the oven-door,instead of at the end. This flue-box is either castor bolted on the sideplate, which is made solid, and the pipe-collar is cast on the topplate, which is fitted over and made to conform with the body of thestove and flue. If it is desired to relocate a stove of thekind abovedescribed, it may happen that the arrangement of waterpipes and sink inthe room in which the range is to be relocated difiers from that inwhich the range was first placed. It would then be necessary to changethe range from a right to a left handed one, and this changenecessitates an entire change in some of the parts of the stove, whichinvolves considerable expense and time and the employment of skilledlabor.

The object of this invention is to so construct a portable range that itcan be quickly changed from a right to a left hand without expenseand-without employing a skilled workman;

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and my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts,all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Thebody A of the range is made of the usual form and construction of theordinary cook- 5 stove, but with oven-doors in both of its sides, andhas the usual top plate, a, made in one or more pieces, as usual. In theoverhanging part b of the side pla-tes,'c, are formed two holes oropenings, (l, for the exit of the smoke, gases, &c., from the stove, andonthe inside face of the overhanging parts I), and justin front of theopenings (1, are formed the inwardlyprojecting walls 0, for the purposeto be hereinafter stated. Over the hole or opening (Z on 65 one side ofthe range is attached a flue-box, f. This flue-box, as is clearly shownin Fig. 2, has the general shape of a pipe-elbow, its walls at one endbeing made to fit closely against the overhanging part Z) of the sideplate, 0, and is provided with laterallyprojecting lugs g, forattachment, by means of screws or otherwise,to the overhanging part b.The inner wall, 71., of the flue-box is inclined, so as to fit and restup on the inclined flange a of the top plate, a. 7 The outer end of theflue-box is formed into pipe-collar it, on which is placed the stovepipewhenthe range is in use. The opening (Z on the opposite side of thestove is closed by a plate, Z, conforming in shape to the overhangingpart of the side plate, 0, and having at its ends lugs Z, for attachmentto the part c. Transversely across the top of the oven is formed acurved rib or projection, in, and a short distance in front of this ribare formed 8 5 at intervals the lugs or ribs a. The rib m and lugsnforni a guide for the curved deflecting. plate 0, by which the heat,smoke, and gases are directed on the passage to the flue under the rearor end stove-holes in the top plate. The under side of the top plate isalso provided with corresponding ribs and lugs, 1n and a, (see Fig. 2,)for supporting and'guiding the top of the deflecting-plate. The ends ofthe deflecting-plate are made straight, so as to 5 match with the innerend of the vertical walls 6. The ends of the deflecting-plate may bemade to conform to the shape of the recess formed by the top plate andthe overhanging part b of the side plate; but in that case one 100 endof the plate owould project into the opening for the passage of thesmoke from the firechamber, so I prefer to form the vertical walls 6 onthe overhanging parts I), which, in connection with the deflecting-plate0, forms a wall across one-half of the stove, as clearly shown iii-Figs.l and 2.

Now, if it is desired to change the range from a right-hand, as it hasbeen shown and described, to a left-hand, it is only necessary to removethe flue-box f and stopper-plate l and change them to the opposite sidesof the range, and to push the deflectingplate 0 over to that side of therange on which the flue-box is attached. It is obvious that this changecan be easily and quickly made by an ordinary workman.

On the top of the oven, and extending from the rib m to the rear end ofthe range, is placed a partition, 1), in which is formed an opening, 8,which is opened and closed by a damper, o, operated from the rear of therange. This damper regulates the draft.

My improvement may be used with any known or desired arrangement offlues, the pre ferred arrangement being that by which the smoke passesalong one side of the top of the oven, down a diving-fiue, under andacross the bottom of the oven, up the uptake, and out the chimney. \Vhenthe defiecting-plateis changed, the direction of the smoke is correthecombination of a combined flue-box and pipe-collar and a stopper-plate,the said parts being attachable to and detachable from the side platesand interchangeable, substantially as set forth.

2. In a convertible right and left hand stove or portable range havingrecessed side plates, the combination of a combined flue-box andpipe-collar, a stopper-plate, said parts being attachable to anddetachable from the side plates and interchangeable, and an adjustabledeflecting-plate,substantially as set forth.

3. In a convertible right and left hand stove or portable range havingrecessed side plates, the combination of the flue-box and pipe-collar f,the stopper-plate Z, and the deflecting-plate 0, moving in guides formedon the oven-top and the under side of the top plate, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VILLIAM I. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

DARW'IN S. VVoLcofrr, R. H. WHITTLESEY.

